Board Thread:Classic DMC/@comment-189.78.245.102-20151213235744/@comment-14812118-20151214060428

Much like Street Fighter, this is a series where the gameplay-to-story balance has been tilted too much in favor of gameplay. Sure, it makes for awesome games, but again, look at Street Fighter, which probably is the king of what I'm trying to explain. Over 25 years of history (in real life, I mean; characters haven't aged much, which only helps to prove my point), and we're mainly still stuck with the same story. Sure, there are changes here and there, but there is no big plot behind.

Devil May Cry series, while not such an exaggerated example, is still guilty of having an extremely convoluted storyline. I mean, how much game series begin in the third installment, follow with the first, then the fourth, then the second? With that little inconvenient, plot holes are bound to appear sooner or later. People at Capcom just did not care to work up a potentially good and well-written story for the DMC games, which is a shame.

If we are ever getting Devil May Cry 5, I am positive it will have awesome gameplay but a pretty bad story. Depending on how you view things, DMC4 story sucks. A pope who looks like he's a few days away from kicking the bucket has plans to unleash demons in the world so he can kill them with his own angelic looking demons and so becoming powerful. Why? Because plot. He needs someone with the blood of Sparda? A new descendant appears, who is conveniently attacked by the most obviously evil black scientist fella and is captured, which allows Dante to show off how badass he is by kicking the ass of the bosses we have already defeated with the new guy  and then free the other guy so he can show off. Add a satellite love interest et voilá! Awesome game (hindered by backtracking), bad story. At least they bothered to get a good one in the previous installment, even if they caused more than one plot hole in regards to the continuity. Not a stellar story, but a pretty good one.

Too bad the same can't be said about the other games, who only have gameplay in their favor. And not even that, in DMC2's case (and again, depending on you, DmC). Despite a lot of things introduced there eventually becoming mainstays in the franchise, the game overall was lackluster. Not bad per se, just... lackluster.